Watch Live Stream - South/Central Region Large Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Panyard Judging - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2023

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Steel Orchestra Panyard Performances



1 - La Brea Nightingales Steel Orchestra  
2023 Tune of choice:  “A Touch of Class”  | arrangers:  Adan Hagley & David Goddard






2023 Tune of choice:  “Long Live Soca”  |  arranger:  Darren Sheppard


 

2023 Tune of choice:  “Long Live Soca” | arranger:  Keisha Codrington


 

2023 Tune of choice: “Hall of Fame”  | arranger:  Clarence Morris

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